My guest today is Dr. Eva Lantsoght, a civil engineer from Belgium, currently a tenured research professor at USFQ in Ecuador, and Duolingo success story. […]
It’s so ironic… I left work last September. My career in education was always centred around virtual learning so here’s the irony. At a time […]
The curious thing about an abstract is that although, after the title, it is the first text to be read, it is usually the last […]
At the end of the viva there are various mixed emotions swirling around, for both the former student and the former supervisor. Relief that it […]
One of the unusual aspects in studying for a PhD is that the final examination of competence (and quality) is based not simply on the […]
Flowers from Cristina Devecchi after the viva For six years, there’s been a V-shaped light at the end of the PhD tunnel. Now the viva […]
One of the strange but common occurrences in producing large pieces of writing is that the writer frequently becomes so close to the text that […]
image from https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/cinderella-having-tried-on-the-glass-slipper-produces-its-news-photo/3322408 Research based on teaching and learning has been named the Cinderella of higher education. As a result, the scholarly endeavours of practitioners […]
As with every piece of substantial research, it can be a problem to decide what needs to stay in the main text and what can […]
image from https://pixabay.com/photos/backdrop-block-brick-building-21534/ Since seeing the quote ‘a PhD is a thing of joy‘ at last week’s Research Conference at the University of Northampton, I’ve […]
image from https://pixabay.com/photos/zen-stacked-stone-meditation-1412305/ As I prepare to leave my current role, my visible digital participation has reduced to an occasional retweet. I’m now watching from […]
It is amazing how many students get into a muddle over the simple process of ensuring accurate links to the supporting evidence for their claims. […]